Cape fusion: A celebration of life, wine and delicious out-of-the-ordinary fusion food - Tapa blanda

South Africa’s fusion father, Shane Sauvage, is back with an ocean-inspired, all-new take on South African regional ingredients and flavors. Owner of La Pentola restaurant, Shane Sauvage is the winner of the American Express Platinum Fine Dinning Award for the eleventh year running, only 1 of 89 restaurants country wide to carry this honor. Chef Shane is taking food creation and wine pairing to another level. With combinations to tempt the palate and fill your table with a feast of innovative and delicious cuisine made easy for the home cook, Cape Fusion is a sensory journey amplified by world-class, step-by-step food photography and scenic photography capturing the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape.  A unique feature of this recipe book is the interactive food and wine pairing chapter. Here with the use of videography and QR coding you can experience first-hand interaction between Chef Shane and multi award-winning wine maker Johann Fourie of KWV.

Shane Sauvage started out in the restaurant business over 30 years ago from bus boy to head waiter, from prep chef to executive chef working in some of Gauteng’s top restaurants until opening La Pentola in 1995. With La Pentola as a platform, Shane’s career soared to new heights and with the invention of Aztec Mushrooms, Shane’s television career became a reality working on ETV in the mornings along side South Africa’s top comedians.